Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan

quote:Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday offered an amendment to force a vote on President Obama’s deficit-reduction plan, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was having none of it.

quote:Last week [Treasury] Secretary [Timothy] Geithner brought up a proposal that was so unserious,” McConnell said on the floor, “I would like to see if my Democratic friends would like to support it.”

At least McConnell has some nads. He called the progressives bluff. NOT ONE democrat voted for Obamas past budget or surplus. Even they know nationalizing all banks into one and his infinity debt ceiling is a disaster and they will face 2014.

I don't think the democrats evil plan of pinning all of their crap on the pubs will work like they think.

Everytime I see that POS Reid, I want to strangle a cat. This reminds me of Judge Smails telling Spaulding "You will get nothing and you will like it" fricking guy needs to find his way into a mafia burial ground outside Vegas.

That said, simply doing this on the Senate floor isn't enough they need to get it on TV and the radio so that when everything does burn Obama can't just come back and blame it on Republican intransigence.

quote:Sarcasm at its finest ! Way to go, Mitch.

I doubt that was sarcasm. For the most part Senators are very friendly to each other both in and outside the Senate chambers. The only time they are really hostile is during press conferences and other PR.